On opening day, the Bears (1-1) outscored the Bearcats (0-4) 6-0 in the fourth quarter in their second game of the day after pulling within one goal twice in the fourth quarter prior to falling to the Lancers (2-4) in their season debut.

Sophomore Lexi Atwell (La Jolla, Calif.) scored five goals on the day – all against McKendree – while juniors McKenna Miller (Danville, Calif.) and Maigrie McDougal (Sacramento, Calif.) and freshman Kaitlyn Cook (Los Gatos, Calif.) each scored three goals between the two games.

After CBU opened the game's scoring, Perez tied the game at 1-1 before the Lancers went ahead 3-1. A goal from McDougal brought Brown within 3-2 at the end of the first quarter.

The Lancers scored the first two goals of the second quarter to take a 5-2 edge before Miller converted a goal to make the score 5-3 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Cook and Hughes completed a 3-0 run for the Bears as Brown knotted the score at 5-5 with 3:34 remaining in the stanza. CBU scored the last goal of the third and the first marker of the fourth quarter to gain a 7-5 edge with 5:25 to play.

An answer from Rosas sliced the deficit to 7-6 with 5:02 to go. Following a CBU goal, Miller trimmed the margin to 8-7 with 3:20 to play before the visitors charted the game's final tally with 2:05 left.

In the cage, sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Burns (Long Grove, Ill.) made four saves.

Goals from Miller and Cook gave Brown a 2-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, and Atwell made the score 3-1 at the 4:33 mark of the second quarter. After McKendree scored consecutive goals to draw level at 3-3, McDougal netted back-to-back goals to push Brown ahead 5-3 at the intermission.

Atwell converted early in the third quarter to give Brown a 6-3 lead, and a goal from Hughes kept the edge at 7-4. The Bears remained ahead 7-5 heading to the fourth quarter.

Brown closed the game on a 6-0 run in the fourth frame behind three goals from Atwell. Heilman started the scoring before Atwell netted back-to-back goals. Rosas, Cook, and Atwell concluded the scoring in order.